<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div dir="auto" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">And Soon<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">It is too easy to become overwhelmed</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">by </span>the suffering in the world</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">and the only prayer one can muster</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">is for the qualities of surrender </div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">be made visible</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">and soon</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">As the way dawn light</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">caresses our dreams</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">when we dare to raise our face</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">towards the hope of winterlight</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">When the end of the day arrives</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">we slip off the woolen cloak of sacrifice </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">so heavy it threatens</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">to tip over the chair</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">by the weight of it</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">Yes we have courted bitterness</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">the tannin lingering on our lips </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">but once we are no longer willing</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">to remain a prisoner to resentment</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">We begin to call back</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">the known</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">the true essence</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">of who we once were </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">before we became</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">victim to the unbearable </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">And this is the trial of love</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">that we are born to</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">This unspeakable price</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">we pay to dance </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1"> such a short while to </span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1"> this earthly music</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1"> in the deepest hours of night</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 26px;" class=""><span class="s1"></span><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1">So that we will emerge</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1"> more light filled</span></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class=""><span class="s1"> than before.</span></div></div><div class=""><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>- Kristy Hellum</span></div></div></body></html>